WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 321 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING/DURATION...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY
EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND THEN SWITCH TO JUST RAIN FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS TO BECOME
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS INCLUDES THE
INDIANA TOLL ROAD...HIGHWAY 6...INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 69
OVER FAR NORTHERN INDIANA INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON COLD OBJECTS SUCH
AS TREES AND POWER LINES. INCREASING WINDS MAY CAUSE AN
INCREASED RISK OF POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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